SECURITY-SSL(2) SECURITY-SSL(2)
NAME
ssl: connect, secret - interface to the Secure Sockets Layer
SYNOPSIS
include "sys.m";
include "security.m";
ssl := load SSL SSL->PATH;
connect: fn(fd: ref Sys->FD): (string, ref Sys->Connection);
secret: fn(c: ref Sys->Connection, secretin,
secretout: array of byte): string;
DESCRIPTION
SSL provides an interface to the secure sockets layer device
ssl(3).
Connect allocates a new ssl(3) connection directory. It
pushes file descriptor fd into the data file of that connec-
tion, and if successful, returns a reference to a Connection
adt describing the connection. The Connection adt has its
members set as follows: dir names the resulting connection
directory; cfd is open on the connection's control file; and
dfd is open on the connection's data file, which is read and
written to exchange data on the original fd using SSL.
Secret sets the secrets for each direction on Connection c ;
if a secret is nil, the existing setting for that direction
remains unchanged. The string returned describes errors
encountered, if any; otherwise it is nil.
SOURCE
/appl/lib/ssl.b
SEE ALSO
security-auth(2), ssl(3)
DIAGNOSTICS
Connect returns a tuple containing a string and a Connection
reference. On success the string is nil, and the connection
reference is not nil; on error, the string contains a diag-
nostic, and the connection reference is nil.
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